Question

What is the midpoint of a segment whose endpoints are (3, −1) and (−5, −3)?

Answer 1

This is the midpoint formula you need:\[midpt=(\frac{ x _{1}+x _{2} }{2 },\frac{ y _{1}+y _{2} }{ 2 })\]

Answer 2

\[midpt=(\frac{ 3+(-5) }{ 2 },\frac{ -1+(-3) }{ 2 })\]

Answer 3

What do you get when you do that math?

Answer 4

-1,-2?